Unit 1 English
In Unit 1, students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended and the …
Unit 1 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 English
In Unit 2, students analyse the representation of ideas, attitudes and voices in texts to consider how texts represent the world and human experience. Analysis of how language and structural choices shape perspectives in and for a range of contexts is …
Unit 2 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 1 focuses on investigating how language and culture are interrelated and expressed in a range of contexts. A variety of oral, written and multimodal texts are used to develop understanding of text structures and language features. Students explore …
Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 3 focuses on analysing how language choices are used to achieve different purposes and effects in a range of contexts. SAE language skills are developed so that they can be used to describe, inform, express a point of view and persuade for different …
Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 4 focuses on analysing, evaluating and using language to represent and respond to issues, ideas and attitudes in a range of contexts. By extending and consolidating language and communication skills, critical use of SAE for a range of contexts, purposes …
Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1 Essential English
Unit 1 focuses on students comprehending and responding to the ideas and information presented in texts drawn from a range of contexts. Students are taught a variety of strategies to assist comprehension. They read, view and listen to texts to connect, …
Unit 1 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 Essential English
Unit 2 focuses on interpreting ideas and arguments in a range of texts and contexts. By analysing text structures and language features and identifying the ideas, arguments and values expressed, students make inferences about the purposes and the intended …
Unit 2 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 Essential English
Unit 3 focuses on exploring different points of view presented in a range of texts and contexts. Students analyse attitudes, text structures and language features to understand a text’s meaning and purpose. They consider how perspectives and values are …
Unit 3 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 Essential English
Unit 4 focuses on community, local or global issues and ideas presented in texts and on developing students’ reasoned responses to them. Students develop independent points of view by synthesising information from a range of sources, and analysing how …
Unit 4 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1 Literature
Unit 1 develops students’ knowledge and understanding of different ways of reading and creating literary texts drawn from a widening range of historical, social, cultural and personal contexts. Students analyse the relationships between language, text, …
Unit 1 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 Literature
Unit 2 develops student knowledge and understanding of the ways literary texts connect with each other. Drawing on a range of language and literary experiences, students consider the relationships between texts, genres, authors, audiences and contexts. …
Unit 2 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 Literature
Unit 4 develops students’ appreciation of the significance of literary study through close critical analysis of literary texts drawn from a range of forms, genres and styles. Students reflect upon the creative use of language, and the structural and stylistic …
Unit 4 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 English
In Unit 3, students explore representations of themes, ideas and concepts through a comparison of texts. They analyse and compare the relationships between language, genre and context, comparing texts within and/or across different genres and modes. Students …
Unit 3 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities
Literacy is important in students’ development of Science Inquiry Skills and their understanding of content presented through the Science Understanding and Science as a Human Endeavour strands. Students gather, interpret, synthesise and critically analyse …
Representation of General capabilities | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Senior secondary English subjects
The senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English is presented in four subjects that share common features. These include the continuing development of students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, speaking, reading, viewing and writing. …
Senior secondary English subjects | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 2 focuses on analysing and evaluating perspectives and attitudes presented in texts and creating extended texts for a range of contexts. SAE language skills for effective communication in an expanding range of contexts are consolidated. The use of …
Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Bridging Unit 3 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Bridging Unit 3 is aimed at students who are in the Developing phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression. It focuses on responding to and creating extended texts in familiar contexts in SAE. By using the language modes, students engage …
Bridging Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Bridging Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Bridging Unit 4 is aimed at students who are in the late Developing phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression. It focuses on responding to and creating connected extended texts in personal, social, community and workplace contexts …
Bridging Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of English English
Units In Unit 1 students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended and …
Structure of English | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale English
Rationale English focuses on developing students’ analytical, creative and critical thinking and communication skills in all language modes. It encourages students to engage with texts from their contemporary world, with texts from the past and with texts …
Rationale | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum